Re: Dynamically changing emblems without refresh

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

> I'm trying to set dynamic emblems like in Dropbox where when a file
> is 
> being synchronized, its emblem changes and when it's synced, it again 
> changes. And this doesn't require a manual refresh.
>
> But when I use
> gvfs-set-attribute -t stringv ~/Desktop/test.txt metadata::emblems 
> "my-emblem"
>
> It requires a refresh on the folder. How can I get rid of this
> refresh 
> requirement and automatically refresh nautilus like Dropbox?

There is currently no change notification for file metadata. Dropbox can
do this as it is a nautilus extension which can tell nautilus the file
changed.

Maybe you can work around it by touching the file to get a normal file
change notification.